Expression and downregulation of WNT signaling pathway genes in rhesus monkey oocytes and embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 667-677

  Zheng, Ping ^a   Vassena, Rita ^a   Latham, Keith ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catenin; Embryo; Gene regulation; Oocyte; Signal transduction; WNT

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA WINGLESS GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33646456454     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20428     Document Type: Article

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